Italy
- Ancient Rome had a network of catacombs, ancient Jewish and Christian underground burial places near the city.
- Naples has many chambers and tunnels beneath the city, including channels and reservoirs for water, and catacombs.
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“the San Marco Library,
Whence turbulent Italy should draw
Delight in Art whose end is peace,
In logic and in natural law
By sucking at the dugs of Greece.”
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